Literary Terms
Babe and Febold
John Henry
Calamity Jane
The Pha. Hitchhiker
100
This is a group of lines that form a unit in a poem.
What is a stanza.
100
What is Febold's great work?
What is cutting up the Great Fog.
100
As a child, what does John Henry say is going to cause his death?
What is his hammer.
100
What is Calamity Jane's real name?
What is Marthy Jane Canary.
100
What was the young girls name?
What is Laura Kearns.
200
A character's way of thinking, behaving, or speaking.
What is a character trait.
200
What kind of work does Paul Bunyan do?
What is a logger or lumberjack.
200
What does John Henry think he can do with a twelve pound hammer.
What is beat the steam drill down.
200
Where does Calamity Jane meet Wild Bill Hickok?
What is She meets Wild Bill at Fort Laramie.
200
As the story begins, what is the time and place?
What is The story begins at 3 a.m. on a deserted road.
300
A story from folklore that features exaggerated characters who have fantastic adventures.
What is tall tales.
300
What has to happen every time they shod Babe?
What is they have to open a new iron mine.
300
Why do you think John Henry died?
What is from overexertion.
300
When does Calamity Jane start wearing men's clothing?
What is She begins wearing men's clothin in 1870 when she joins General Custer as a scout.
300
What does Joel do when he sees the girl shiver?
What is give her his jacket.
400
A story from folklore that features characters who actually lived, or real events or places.
What is legend.
400
What is Bill's job at camp?
What is Bill takes care of Babe.
400
Why do you think John Henry has become an American Folk Hero?
What is because he represents the strength and dignity of the laborer.
400
Between what cities does Calamity Jane say she carried the mail for the pony express?
What is between Deadwood and Custer.
400
Why does Joel go up to the house after the girl disappears?
What is He had to find out what really happened.
500
Stories, customs, and traditions preserved and passed along by people in a particular area or group.
What is folklore.
500
How does Febold know it is going to rain?
What is By looking at the sky and fiddling with his scientific instruments, Febold discovered that rain was coming.
500
How does John Henry feel about the steam drill?
What is He feels that no machine can hammer more rock then he can.
500
What do the "gentlemen from eastern cities" persuade Calamity Jane to do?
What is join a Wild West Show.
500
What does Joel find when he visits the cemetery?
What is his jacket on Laura's tombstone.